MILLION MAGAZINE. Bound Vol. 4. 1893-1894. George Newnes. 66 color illustrations

Description: "The Million" (Bound Volume #4 & #5--11th November 1893 to 3 November 1894. #s 86-137 complete). Edited by George Newnes, London. Purple cloth covers. 9" x 12" tall. Three page index + 428 pages. Magazine bound with covers--the front covers were/are in color. There are a total of 66 color plates in this volume. The most beautiful color cover is for Issue #130 September 15, 1894 which has the title: 'The Lifeboat Coxswain'. There are also numerous black and white illustrations. GOOD+ CONDITION (magazines inside average Near Very Good condition). THE MILLION was a short-lived magazine (a failure for Newnes) who became a millionaire in the publishing business The magazine--roughly 32 pages per issue--cost a penny an issue. Its readers were called by Newnes--millionaires The magazine was printed on letter press, so it did not use expensive paper. Newnes apparently imported the color letter presses from France. Although THE MILLION lasted a few years, it gave other magazines and idea to use cheap color paper. Newspapers and magazines in the USA later used this for their color comics The 66 color illustrations (many full page) were illustrated by artists such as Paul Hardy, E.C. Clifford, Harry Tuck, Robert Sauber, R. Simkin, J.P. Stafford, J. Finnemore The magazines featured many articles both non-fiction & fiction including: A continuing serial by Dick Donovan titled 'Eugene Vidocq' Continuing articles on Stamp Collecting--'Our Stamp Album' with illustrations How Mormons are Married Our Millionaire Prize--a competition How to Shop in Turkey Performing Fleas--How They Are Trained A Gossip column Where Girls Live in Cages Recollections of a Young Middle Aged Man. Written and illustrated by J.P. Stafford Mystery of the Kennett's Cross by Headon Hill--a 10 part serial Red Rock Diamonds, or, The Casting Away of Yolante Sinclair--a 17 part serial This bound volume is quite scarce--not on Worldcat.org. nor on the net. There are copies only in The British Library FREE US SHIPPING FOREIGN BUYERS: I use Ebay's Global Shipping program

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